Game simulating a bullfight

ABSTRACT

A game to be played by two, three or four persons using a game board having a circular part which is divided into five sections representing the successive stages of a conventional bullfight, these being surrounded by a circle divided into segments corresponding respectively to the five sections and extending in circular sequence from a start position, and to which each player advances his game piece in accordance with the total of numbers on thrown dice. A number of decks of cards are provided, each of which corresponds to one of the five sections, and a player may take a card from the appropriate deck when allowed to do so by the rules of the game, and must then move or act in accordance with the benefit or penalty shown by the card. Four numbered scales are provided on the game board on each of which one of the players moves a score piece to indicate his cumulative score.

United States Patent Canizares GAME SIMULATING A BULLFIGHT [72] Inventor: Luis Canizares, Calle Alfredo Galvez 319, Rio Piedras, PR. 00926 [22] Filed: June 1, 1971 [21] Appl. No.: 148,693

FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS Great Britain ..273/l 36 Z [451 Oct. 17, 1972 Primary Examiner-Delbert B. Lowe Attorney-Scrivener, Parker, Scrivener and Clarke 5 7] ABSTRACT A game to be played by two, three or four persons using a game board having a circular part which is divided into five sections representing the successive stages of a conventional bullfight, these being surrounded by a circle divided into segments corresponding respectively to the five sections and extending in circular sequence from a start position, and to which each player advances his game piece in accordance with the total of numbers on thrown dice. A number of decks of cards are provided, each of which corresponds to one of the five sections, and a player may take a card from the appropriate deck when allowed to do so by the rules of the game, and must then move or act in accordance with the benefit or penalty shown by the card. Four numbered scales are provided on the game board on each of which one of the players moves a score piece to indicate his cumulative score.

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SHEET 2 0F 3 You execute You are 0 series AFRAID of kexciting of the neel' posse 4 BULL ADD 400 ADD NOTHI NG to your score 52-7-4 Extremely BULL BRAVE locks BULL Stamina ADD ADD NOTHING to your Score INVENTOR LUIS CANIZARES g mmmimw la/bz ATTORNEYS PATENTEDIIBI 11 m2 SHEET 3 0F 3 I BANEERULMS You place You miss on exceplike, tionul a novice pair of Bond erillus" Rest 200 f ADD 400 to $3,? your score i Your your dominion FEAR of of the bull the n is exceptional is evidem ADD 400 Toke 30o 1'0 your score from your score You kill the bull You with one only thrust pinch "Recibiendo the bull (Woi'ring for the bull) 300 Add 800 to from your your score score LUIS CANIZARES ATTORNEYS J INVENTOR GAME SIMULATING A BULLFIGHT DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a plan view of the game board of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a part of the game board showing a game piece thereon;

FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C show game pieces which are used, and

FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 show, respectively, the front and typical obverse sides of the first cards and other typical cards of each of the decks of cards which are used in playing the game.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A preferred form which the invention may take is disclosed in the drawings and comprises a playing board, the game pieces and cards which the players use, and the rules by which the game is played. The playing board is disclosed in FIG. 1 of the drawings and comprises a flat board which may be of any desired shape, but is preferably square and which has at its center a circular part 2 having a central circular area 4 which is surrounded by an annular area 6, both of which are divided by radial lines 8 into five equal differently-colored sections 10, 12, l4, 16, 18 which are denoted, in order, CAPE, LANCING, BANDERIL- LAS, MULETA and SWORD and have these names marked on them. The radial lines 8 extend into the outer annular area 6 to divide the same into five parts each of which corresponds to, and is outside of, one of the five sections which have the names set forth above. The five outer annular areas so delineated by the radial lines 8 are each subdivided into a plurality of segments 20 by radial lines 22, and in the embodiment of the invention being described there are twelve such segments in each of the five parts of the annular area. It will be observed that one of these segments 20, which in the described embodiment is adjacent a radial line 8 defining the clockwise boundary of section 10, which is the CAPE section, is denoted the start segment. It will also be seen that each of the segments 20 of the outer annular area bears a numeral such as 200, and the like, and that the numerals in the segments outside the inner section 10 are, in order, 0, 200, 0, I00, 200, 0, 300, 400, 100, 0, 300, 400. The twelve segments of each of the other four parts of the outer annular area are also provided with numerals, and those which are shown in the drawings are merely representative of the numerals which may be used. In each of these segments, in addition to the numeral there is also wording denoting some action of a bullfighter, and it will be seen that in each of the five parts of the outer annular area the wording in each of the segments has some reference to the title of the main section, such as CAPE, LANCING, and the like. For example, in the part of the annular area 20 outside and forming part of the CAPE section the wording in each segment relates to that part of a bullfight known as the Cape part, and these typical wordings are Kneeling Pass, Poor Caping, Good Revolera" and the like. The numbers in each of these segments is related to the quality of the action denoted by the wording, for example Kneeling Pass has the value 200 and a Fine Veronica has the value 300, while Poor Caping" has the minimum value 0. Similarly, each segment in the LANCING section is provided with a numeral and wording and, again, the number is related to the quality of the bullfighters action, ranging from 0 for Weak Bull" or Bull Poorly Goaded to 300 for Very Vicious Bull. This same system and relation is continued for each of the 12 segments of the BANDERILLAS, MULETA and SWORD sections of the circular diagram. Thus, the 60 segments of the outer annular area of the circular part of the board constitute a series of stages beginning with the Start segment of the CAPE section and continuing in a counter-clockwise direction therefrom through 360 and progressing to and through each of the five stages or parts of a bullfight.

In the embodiment being described the circular center section 4 is formed integrally with the remainder of the board but, if desired, this circular part may be separate from the rest of the board and may be mounted for rotary movement with respect to the rest of the board. In addition, the segments 20 of the outer annular area of the circular part may be separated by low upstanding walls 30 as shown in FIG. 2.

The playing board is completed by the provision of a plurality of means by which the players may keep score. In the preferred embodiment of the invention being described these scoring means are provided along each of the four sides of the playing board, and each comprises two tiers 40, 42 of rectangles 44 in each of which there is a numeral indicating a score. The rectangles in one tier bear the numerals to 2,500 and those in the other tier bear the numerals from 2,600 to 5,000.

In addition to the playing board the game kit comprises other parts which are used by the players to play the game in accordance with the rules thereof. The first of these parts is a pair of conventional six-sided dice such as those shown in FIG. 3A, and one or more pairs of these dice may be provided. The kit also includes a plurality of game pieces 50, each of which may be in the form of a bullfighter as shown in FIG. 38, one of these being provided for each player. In addition, each game kit includes a plurality of differently-colored scoring pieces 60, each of which may be in the form of a bull as shown in FIG. 3C, and one of these is provided for each player.

In addition, each game kit comprises five decks of cards, each deck corresponding to one of the five sections of the circular part of the game board and being correspondingly colored. The decks are therefore known as the CAPE deck, the LANCING deck, the BANDERILLAS deck, the MULETA deck and the SWORD deck and each card of each deck has printed on its upper side the name and color of the deck to which it belongs and the symbol which corresponds thereto. These five decks are shown, in part in each case, in FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Each deck may include any number of cards, each card has printed on its obverse side either text indicating some good action that the bullfighter has taken and a numeral indicating increase in his score because of such action, or text indicating some negative action that the bullfighter has taken together with a numeral indicating an amount to be deducted from his current score because of such action. Thus, as shown in FIG. 4, the initial and two score, or risk, cards of the CAPE deck are shown and it will be seen that the first of these risk cards of the deck indicates a valiant action that the bullfighter has taken namely You execute a series of exciting kneeling passes which, according to the card, adds 400 points to the players current score. The second score card of this deck indicates a negative action of the bullfighter, namely You are afraid of the bull and the card shows that nothing should be added to the players current score.

Any number of persons may play the game, but in the embodiment being described a maximum of four should play. To start the game, all players throw the dice to determine the starter, who is usually the player having the highest total shown by the two thrown dice. The starting player then throws the dice and advances his game piece 50 from the Start segment of the outer annular area 6 of the playing board the number of spaces shown by the thrown dice. The segment to which he moves his game piece shows a number and he moves his score piece 60 along his score board to the number shown by the segment to which his game piece has been moved. Thus, if the thrown dice show a total of 7 he moves his game piece to segment 70 which shows that he has made a Fine Veronica and gets 300 points. He now moves his score piece 60 along his score card to the rectangle marked 300. He is entitled now to pick a risk card from the CAPE deck (because he is in the CAPE section) and it will be assumed that he picks up the first of the CAPE cards shown in FIG. 4, which shows You execute a series of exciting kneeling passes-add 400 to your score. He thereupon moves his score piece to 700 on his scoreboard. According to the rules of the game he is not entitled to pick a card from any one of the decks if his game piece when moved lands on a segment.

The foregoing illustrates one move or operation by a player, and all players perform the same moves or operations in sequence until one of them has moved his score piece to the 5,000 place on his score card, whereupon he is declared the winner. In playing according to alternative rules the winner is the player having the highest score after all players have completed an agreed number of complete fights.

I claim:

1. A game assembly which may be used in accordance with established rules by a number of persons in such a way as to simulate a bullfight performed by each player, comprising a game board having an area marked thereon which is divided into a plurality of circularly arranged segments representing the successive stages of a conventional bullfight, a circular series of stations surrounding the arrangement of segments each of which is marked with a number and a value statement related to an action of a bullfighter in the stage adjacent which the station is located, the game board also having thereon a number of scoring tables equal to the greatest number of players who may play the game at one time, a number of decks of cards equal to the number of segments representing game stages which are marked on the board, the cards of each of the decks corresponding to one of the stages and being marked accordingly on one side and on the other side bearing a value judgment related to the action of a bullfighter in the corresponding stage and instructions for score adjustment, movable game pieces to be moved over the se ments, othe movabl ame ie es to be moved over th scoring tables, and tfi e to be: t rown by the players to determine their respective moves over the segments.

2. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the circularly arranged segments and the circular series of stations are on a circular wheel which is rotatable with respect to the other parts of the game board.

3. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the game pieces which are moved over the segments are in the shape and costume of a bullfighter.

4. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the game pieces which are moved over the scoring tables are in the form of a bull.

5. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the game board is square, the arrangement of segments and stations is located at the center of the game board, and each of the scoring tables extends along one side edge of the game board.

6. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the segments are successively labeled Cape, Lancing, Banderillas, Muleta and Sword. 

1. A game assembly which may be used in accordance with established rules by a number of persons in such a way as to simulate a bullfight performed by each player, comprising a game board having an area marked thereon which is divided into a plurality of circularly arranged segments representing the successive stages of a conventional bullfight, a circular series of stations surrounding the arrangement of segments each of which is marked with a number and a value statement related to an action of a bullfighter in the stage adjacent which the station is located, the game board also having thereon a number of scoring tables equal to the greatest number of players who may play the game at one time, a number of decks of cards equal to the number of segments representing game stages which are marked on the board, the cards of each of the decks corresponding to one of the stages and being marked accordingly on one side and on the other side bearing a value judgment related to the action of a bullfighter in the corresponding stage and instructions for score adjustment, movable game pieces to be moved over the segments, other movable game pieces to be moved over the scoring tables, and dice to be thrown by the players to determine their respective moves over the segments.
 2. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the circularly arranged segments and the circular series of stations are on a circular wheel which is rotatablE with respect to the other parts of the game board.
 3. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the game pieces which are moved over the segments are in the shape and costume of a bullfighter.
 4. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the game pieces which are moved over the scoring tables are in the form of a bull.
 5. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the game board is square, the arrangement of segments and stations is located at the center of the game board, and each of the scoring tables extends along one side edge of the game board.
 6. The game assembly according to claim 1, in which the segments are successively labeled Cape, Lancing, Banderillas, Muleta and Sword. 